The evening world., 1887-12-23

nately, a number of old boys.of this insular
town missed that part of their education as
FOUNDERS which naturally would have come
in during the period when the graceful game
with the ivory globes was out of favor, and
now Maurice DAILY, Randolph Heiser, John
Deery and other experts with the cue are
reaping the benefit as professors Of the art
and science of billiards ~ at 90. 80 per lesson,
with scores Of club men whose heads are as
bereft of hair Us are the ivory balls of the
carom game, young sprouts who yet affect
the high collar. cigarettes and altar of roses,
and occasionally all the members of a family
as pupils.
Charles A. Dana. who is quite an expert on
the green broadcloth, has taken lessons in
termittently for many years, and his pro-
hciency Is the result of the tutelage of
GARNER, Slosson, Maurice DAILY, Dudley
Kavanagh and other tutors.
Nicolini, husband of Patti, always included
a billiard table among the accessories of his
household everywhere that he and his war
bling wife sojourned, and both he and Patti
we're players and took lessons Of Joe Dion,
others.
Maurice DAILY taught Orville Oddie, who
won in the amateur championship contest at
the Racquet Club last winter. Undoubtedly,
oNuio VIII uBulh Ho lhbo IIhlllIs WIFI Lib
tutor as a preparation for the coming tourna-
ment of the same club.
Ex-Secretary Boutwell, was a pupil of
Maurice DAILY. The Lorillards, Pierre,
George and Louis, Courtlandt Palmer and
most other clubmen of any ambition have
spent their money for tuition in theifascinat-
ing social game.
Col. Bob" Ingersoll is an expert at the
game. Ex-senator William b. Woodin, of
step-ladder fame, and most other men of note
and brains enjoy pounding the little balls over
the green cloth.
Mrs. Langtry enjoys the relaxation from
her usual cares in playing billiards. There
are many ladies' clubs in the city which
the mysteries of the, game. Prof. John
Deery, who was q beardless youth in
1863, but took part that year in the famous
Billiard Congress at Irving Hall, has O num-
Der of classes of ladies.
If Shakespeare was not guilty of an an
achronism, Cleopatra was familiar with
billiards, and certainly the fair half of crea-
ton could find much less rational amuse-
player walks one mile while playing a game Of
twenty-five points with three balls or thirty
four points with four balls on a table 8 by
10 feet in dimension. In making the various
shots the, player must necessarily bring at
times each and every muscle Of his body
into play, while the intricacies of the game
force brain activity, and the player with the
best brain and nerve usually wins.
l. IL is dlflcult to say arbitrarily how many
lessons make q player" said John Deery.
" It all depends on the player. Most pupils
at first play before and after the lesson until
they are tired out. Tn lesson is usually one
hour, and ten constitute a course. Very few
pupils finish the course, simply because they
get tired of playing with the same person.
We teach as rapidly as possible all the
points Of the game, the side stroke
draw follow rail nursing 'masse,'
kiss Shots and SO on. Most persons desire
only to learn to play as q social accomplish
ment, and with no idea of becoming experts.
It's difficult to say how much it costs to
learn, but 1t is safe to say that any player
who is materially better than the average has
spent n small fortune in becoming sou"
"Gentlemen" affect a naughty disdain for
marbles" AZ they term the declining craze,
fifteen: ball pool, although the older of the
old boys have got up quite a revival of
known as 1.-The American game,'' in contra
distinction to French caroms," which
was then making its bow in Yankee land.
But America, with its baseball, should make
no effort to steal away the honor of popular
izing billiards, for it is of the French
Frenchy-